Diet shifts towards meat and the effects on cereal use: can we feed the animals in 2030?

M.A. Keyzer; M.D. Merbis; I.F.P.W. Pavel; C.F.A. van Wesenbeeck

doi:10.1016/j.ecolecon.2004.12.002

Keywords

Per capitaAgricultural economicsEconomicsConsumption (sociology)Per capita incomeIncome elasticity of demandNatural resource economicsEconometrics

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Publication Info

Year: 2005
Type: article
Volume: 55
Issue: 2
Pages: 187-202
Citations: 182
Access: Closed

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